Window-glass guide



. 1,635 570 1927' E. w. M. BAILEY WINDOW GLASS GUIDE Filed June 9. 1926fiverzi'ory Patented July 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES} "PATE N orFic WINDOW-GLASS GUI-DE.-

Application filed June 8,1926. Serial no. 114,711.

This invention relates to means for guiding vertically sliding sheets ofwindow glass employed in automobile bodies of the closed I opening. Thisarrangement has been found type, and, more particularly to a type ofguide illustrated in my'prior Patent No.

1,521,168, which comprises a strip of resilient metal shaped in channelform and lined with felt, or like cushioning material.

Guides of these types are used in connectionwith various doorand-frameconstructions, with many of-which' much; difficulty is encountered inreplacing broken glass, as

the guide must usually be extended for some distance, afoot or more,below the level of the window rail at the lower end of the opening, and,while the ortion of the guide above this oint may e usually removed; or-

displaced y removing a molding strip at one side of the guide, access tothe portion of the guide beneath the window opening is usuallydifficult, so thatthe'labor expense incident to replacing the lass hasoften been greater than the cost of the glass alone. On

. account of this diificulty, and because of the fact that a. metalchannel strip, 'such as above referred to, cannot be bent withoutserious detriment thereto, I have adopted the expedient of making eachguide in two sections which terminate at adjacent ends ashort distancebelow the lower end-of the window opening, so that the moldings .at

I the sides of the upper sectionsand the sill may be removed, permittingthe upper sections also to be removed, so that they may be placed on theedges of the glass and'then the glassmay be placed'in the opening andslid down into the guide sections below the to be objectionable, b'reason of the tendency of the felt lining to e displaced or pressed intobunches at the top end of the lower section, so as to obstruct theguideway, and the primary object of my present invention is to provide aform of felt lined spring metal channel which will enable the windowglass to be replaced in the manner above indicated and which will avoidthe difficulty of having the felt lining displaced when the glass isinserted in the lower section, or is slid downward therein. e e

I'accomplish these objects in the manner hereinafter described andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of awindow glass guide embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof partly in section showing the guidein position to permit insertion of the glass sheet.

Fig. 3 is a similarview of afportion of the guide, in normal position.

Fig, 4 is a transverse sectional view and Fig.--5 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the guide in the position of Fig. 2. I

In the drawings a indicated, having removable molding strips '2, at eachside of the window opening, which extend from the top to the bottom ofthe opening and form grooves for the reception .of themetal channelstrip 3, which is lined with a felt cushioning strip 4, as disclosed insaidprior patent.

According .to my invention I. form the metal channel strip 3, at eachside of the window opening, intwo sections-viz an up-'.

window casing 1 is per section 3*, which extends fromthe upper end ofthe opening to a point a short distance below the lower end of theopening, and a lower section 3, which abuts at its upper end with thelower end of the-upper section 3, and extends to the lowest point towhich the window glass 5 is moved when it is lowered to itsfullestextent.

The felt lining strip 4 is extended continuously from the upper end ofthe upper section to the lower end of the lower section, so

glass sheet, the molding strips 2 are remove permitting the uppersections 3* to be swung out at theirupper ends from the position inwhich they were held thereby, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 5,-

the felt strip 4 acting as a flexible,conn'ecsuch movement so that, whenthe glass is to be inserted, its lower edge portions at each side willbe passed into the upper ends of the upper "sections and slid downtherein, to the lower end thereof, then the glass, with the guidesthereon may be swung into positionjin the opening, so that the uppervsections' will be carried into alignment with the lower sections andinto the osition in which they may be secured by t e moldin In thisposition the glass may then be sli down into the lower sections and,-asthe lining of the sections is continuous, there will be no tendency tocause obstruction of the glass,

tion between the sections, and permitting by the engagement of itslower-"edge with the felt at the upper end of the. lower sec tions, soas to dislodge it and ress it down in a manner to fill or partly. 11 thegroove in which the glass is arranged to slide.

I claim: a

In a casing having a window opening, and

a vertically slidable window lass sheet, for

closing said opening, 'adapte to belowered. to open the same, a palrofvertically dis-' posed guides for the side edge portions of the sheet,each uide comprising two normally aligned cfiannel metal str1p sectionsarranged with their adjacent ends in abutment with the lower sectionterminating at its upper end adjacent the bottom of the opening and aflexible cushioning lining secured within said strip sections andextending continuously from one section to the other to provide guidingsurfaces between said sections, said lining being adapted to permit theupper section to be swung out of line with the lower section so that thesheet may be inserted at the upper end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

' EDWIN W. M. BAILEY.

